Where it all Started

[Oria Solstice]

The "Lazy 8" casino was as bustling as ever on this late night. More people than you could count were gambling away their hard earned credits in the hopes of winning against these rigged machines. Even more people were combining their gambling with drinking their money away in the form of luxurious alcohols. Oria was one if those people drinking away her own funds in the form of a nice expensive bottle of vodka.

She smirked to herself and she 'looked' down at the shot glass floating ever so slightly above her hand. It had been a good while since she was in this place last, but it was a memorable place after all. This was where Herrith and her first met and where they proceeded to get completely plastered, or at least Oria did.

With a light chuckle she snatched the glass out of the air and quickly threw back the shot. As she slammed the glass back down onto the counter she tore off her blindfold and shook her head.

"Oh yeah, that's some good vodka," she ended with a laugh before looking over to her pink companion.

@Herrith

 

[Herrith Hendarsin]

Herrith eyed the clever trick of levitation, shaking her head in amusement as Oria caught her glass and took a sip of vodka, taking off her blindfold soon after and revealing the grayed-out eyes that were underneath. The eyes Herrith enjoyed looking into, which contained no emotion, yet said so much of the blind woman. It seemed she was looking to lose her bearings again, get drunk and have another night of delirium. The Zeltron could side with that. Maybe she'd try, too. And they could have another little amount of time, like in the apartment a short while ago. She put a hand on the counter, asking the bartender for the rest of the vodka bottle with a credit chip in hand, opening the top with a smirk as she looked back at Oria with the shot glass.

"I think the only way we're both getting drunk is if we split this up where I drink more than you do. Hell, maybe I'll get more drunk and this'll end up like something in reverse than before."

Herrith held out her hand for the shot glass, raising an eyebrow with an amused look on her face.

@Trinidhak

 

[Oria Solstice]

She turned on the swiveling stool, one of the most common features of bars on the smugglers moon, to face the Zeltron with a playful smirk across her lips. Oh so that's how tonight was going to be? Two girls trying to see who can get drunk first? Sounds like a fun time to be honest.

"Oh like the reverse of last time? So you'll be the one to wake up and barely remembering where you are or how you got there? But you'll also be happy to find a womans arms wrapped around you?"

She let out a small giggle before handing over the shot glass. Once handed over she propped her elbow up on the counter and layed her head in her hand, staring at Herrith. Colour was such a strange thing to look at when one sees through the Force. In some ways it's a lot harder to make out and understand exactly what colour you're looking at. In other ways it was more beautiful than you could ever imagine, especially when you were staring at a bright pink Zeltron who was about to pour themselves the first shot of the night.

"I think that could be fun."

 

[Herrith Hendarsin]

Herrith smiled at the statement of this ending up like "last time". That could mean exactly two options. One was their little apartment endeavour, and the other was the drunken night like this. She decided to guess the latter, seeing as that was how this went the last time they had been here. The Zeltron took the shot glass with a raised eyebrow as Oria took on a serious case of the giggles, then poured herself a shot of vodka and downed it with a quick movement. One down, an indeterminable amount more to go until things really started to heat up significantly.

"You think? Love, it's going to be the most fun you've had in ages. I haven't been drunk since...a long, long time."

 

[Oria Solstice]

Oria raised an eyebrow slightly at Herrith's last statement about not having been drunk on a while. Not that she was judging her in any way, on the contrary she was happy that Herrith had more self control than she had.

"Well then I guess I should feel honored to be the one you decided to get drunk with after such a long time," she said playfully. "Being the queen of drunks I guess it is my duty after all."

Quickly she snatched the bottle off of the table and took a small shot sized swig. Since the had the bottle to themselves did they really need glasses? She also knew potentially sharing saliva wasn't going to be an issue with the Zeltron like with some of her past drinking partners considering the type of relationship they had.

 

[Herrith Hendarsin]

Herrith nodded with a smile to Oria. Being the one present for such an occasion? How so very fortunate of her. It was almost like this was all part of the plan, wasn't it? Except this time, the Zeltron was the one that was going to go through a whole lot of confusion and intoxication, at least more than the great drunkard herself. If that was going to happen, then she was probably going to have to drink quite a bit more than Oria was right now. A one to one scale for shots wasn't exactly going to go well for the human, especially judging from last time.

As such, she took the bottle from the blind woman as she finished her swig, thinking basically the same Oria had pieced together. She then took a slightly longer drink from the bottle before passing it back, feeling the vodka hit home rather well. The warm feeling she had right about now was basically as good as it got.
"Well, you evidently haven't seen a Zeltron drunk, then. It's not good, at least not for me. Rather easy to get your way around when you've got a half-docile idiot next to you."

 

[Oria Solstice]

She gave her pink companion a slightly concerned look. She wasn't quite sure Herrith actually wanted to get drunk and by no means was she going to pressure her into it. She may be a raging drunk herself but she wasn't the type to drag others down to her level.

"You know if you don't like getting completely hammered like me you don't have to. Just because we're at an arguably decent bar doesn't mean getting drunk has to be the objective of tonight."

She noticed the bar tender give her a glance at the 'arguably decent bar' part.

"Oh give it up Shord you know you lo... Wait you're not Dord. I'm going to miss him..." she said with a playful pout.

 

[Herrith Hendarsin]

Herrith shrugged. She was totally fine with losing it for a day. After all, if she did, and said anything that didn't need to be said, she could just blame it on the fact she was drunk. Of course Oria could pull all manner of tricks while the Zeltron was blackout drunk, and the last thing she wanted to do was wake up in some Rodian's apartment on a bed wondering how the hell she had got there. Of course, that was part of the fun, though. So it wasn't that bad of an idea. To prove her point, she smiled and took a long swig of vodka before handing it back.

"I'd very much like to get drunk. Just don't hand me off to some poor sap down the road once I am. A drunk, docile Zeltron is everyone's dream. Probably including yours."

She chuckled at Oria's further misidentification of the bartender, then elbowed her lightly. Not all bars only had one single bartender. This place was better than most in that respect, after all.
"I doubt this casino just has one bartender, Oria. Silly."

Herrith could already feel a little bit of some of the drink taking effect.

 

[Oria Solstice]

Oria was quite impressed with the size of swig Herrith took from the bottle, maybe even intimidated by it a little. She had heard Herrith mention that alcohol didn't effect Zeltrons as much a humans, but she had thought it was all bark and no bite. Well maybe she was right after all.

She chuckled lightly at the elbow in her side before saying back, "I know, I know. I just really like him because he puts up with me for the most part. I can't even begin to count how many bar tenders I've angered".

With the bottle now back in her own hands she took another sip of her own. It wasn't as long as the Zeltron's but it was still enough for Oria to feel the warm sensation spread out across her body.

"I should really thank that Empire guy for introducing me to this stuff," she said with a laugh and a very light cough. "That is if I ever see him again."

She leaned over handing back the bottle of high end vodka, but didn't pull away after it was out of her grasp.

"I don't think I've asked this before, unless I was really drunk that night, but why did you come here in the first place?"

 

[Herrith Hendarsin]

Herrith nodded. Not a lot of people could put up with Oria. Then again, that was a joke. Not a lot of people could put up with Herrith, and those people had a certain limit till she really started pissing them off. So she supposed it could be worse. The blind woman then went so far as to try to thank the Imperial guy who started a flirting contest with the Zeltron for showing them vodka. That surprised her. Vodka was vodka, hardly something difficult to come by. However, in fairness, this stuff was pretty damn good in all honesty. Better than other things.

"Surprising you've never had vodka. But, alright."

Oria, out of curiosity, questioned what had brought the woman to the bar that night. That was a long question to answer. Kind of a sad story, so Herrith shrugged. She was long over it by now, but it still bothered her. Some random girl took a blaster bolt for no reason. Unfortunate.

"Someone didn't deserve to die, so I decided to drink to their life. That's about it."

 

[Oria Solstice]

"Hey I've had vodka. Just... nothing good enough to drink again..." she retorted quickly.

Ahe let the moment quickly pass before Herrith told her about why she had came here that night. The sad thing was that that was all too common is the galaxy. It seemed everybody had known someone who died unjustly. Oria was no exception to that either.

"I'm... I'm sorry." Her tone was more somber now. "The galaxy really is an unfair place. But I'm sure they would be happy to know that you drank to them."

She gave an honest smile to the Zeltron

"And hey, that's a hell of a lot better reason than mine," she said with a nervous chuckle.

 

[Herrith Hendarsin]

Herrith scoffed at Ori. Nothing good enough to drink again? Ironic coming from a known alcoholic. She chuckled to herself as her smile slowly faded, with the blind woman bringing up their topic of coming here again. She sighed and put a hand out to touch the woman's cheek, grabbing the bottle at the same time and then raising an eyebrow in curiosity. Now she was just baiting a question. That was one way to get a Zeltron to listen.

"Well, mind telling me why while I'll probably forget?"

She took another swig of vodka, tipping slightly in her chair as she set the bottle back down and wiping her face.

 

[Oria Solstice]

Oria smirked before snatches the bottle away from Herrith before taking her own large swig. She couldn't let her drink all of it, which at this rate it seemed she would. She reached out and wrapped an arm around the Zeltron's waist, making sure she wouldnt fall. At least not without taking Oria down with her.

"I came to drink away the thoughts of a future I could of had. With my master and the jedi... That's pretty much the reason whenever I drink."

She looked down at the bottle, swirling the clear liquid inside.

"Pretty stupid reason when I say it out loud."

 

[Herrith Hendarsin]

Herrith smiled and shut her eyes lazily before returning to a stable stance. She knew she was getting drunk, and it was a lot of luck that Oria managed to catch her right then. The Force certainly had its advantages, otherwise she'd be on the ground with half a wit left in her and a whole lot of vodka. The fun part was that she still had more to drink before she was totally gone, and for once she actually wanted to completely lose her bearings. She trusted Oria to not reduce her to a total idiot. Maybe. And of course, this had to get depressing. Her tipsy mind didn't let that happen, and she giggled before leaning forward to take the bottle as she shoved the blind woman on the shoulder.

"Hey, schutta. Cheer up before I make ya. Y'don't want that, do you? We all got our own problems with the past. If anyone's left to confide in, that's me."

Her hand remained around the vodka, not quite taking it yet.
"If you ain't feelin' like being around here anymore, how about we take this festival of tears to an apartment where I've got as many drinks as you need?"

 

[Oria Solstice]

Oria raised an eyebrow at the mention of more and free drinks and a private location, taking her out of the rabbit hole of possible lives she could of had. Drinking in such a private setting didn't seem to have the same feel as at a bar, but it still seemed like a nice alternative where anything more intimate could happen.

"Now that sounds like it could be a fun idea," she said chuckling slightly before hopping off of the bar stool. "And I wouldn't say no to you trying to cheer me up."

She quickly wrapped both arms around Herrith from behind, snaking one of her hands down the pink arm to grasp at the hand holding the bottle. Grabbing the wrist she lifted the bottle over the Zeltron's shoulder, taking another swip from the depleting bottle. The warm sensation flowed over her body, making her shiver slightly.

"Gods, I love drinking," she said before kissing Herrith's cheek. "And you. Now let's get a move one and see where the night takes us."

 

[Herrith Hendarsin]

Herrith's little subject change seemed to have worked, for now. She had an apartment here, just like anywhere else that she frequented, and it had drinks. Spend enough time in the Outer Rim and you learn how to be prepared. A smirk came onto her face as Oria gave a peck to her cheek, and she brought her hand up to mess up Oria's hair a bit before nodding to the bartender and taking her along down the streets, which were oddly quite considering just how loud the planet was all the time. It also gave plenty of time for a talk, too.

They only had about a block to go, so it wasn't too bad of a hike. The issue was hoping her keycard was tucked in the right pocket. Or if she even had a keycard for this one.

@Trinidhak

 

[Oria Solstice]

Oria happily walked alongside the Zeltron, her arm wrapped around her waist. She was thankful Herrith was there to hold onto because she was sure without her there she would be stumbling all over the place. Though admittedly that was a normal drinking night for Oria.She pulled herself in closer, leaning more on the pink woman. The alcohol was definitely taking her over now.

"Its pretty slow out tonight from what I can see. Thought at this point that's only about thirty feet in front of me."

Oria liked it when it was more quiet out. In a way it reminded her of nights on the jungle planet, where everything was calm an peaceful.

"I wish nights like these would never end," she said chuckling lightly.

@Herrith

 

[Herrith Hendarsin]

Herrith honestly wasn't sure she would have been able to make it down the road without a hand. It seemed Oria was just as stable-ability challenged as the Zeltron, further evidenced by the welcome arm across her waist. As they kept walking, and the vodka started to kick in more on her human companion, she couldn't help but wish she had indulged on a bit more alcohol. Though, then again, she was probably going to be sharing a bottle of fine liquor a couple minutes from now. Oria pointed out how quiet it was, and Herrith finally took more notice than she had before.

"Well, about a hundred feet down is my apartment, and its as empty down there as it is here, I guarantee it."

She put on a mocking smile while Oria continued. Herrith couldn't help but agree. Times like these were...well, timeless. As she pulled out her keycard, it slipped from her hand and fell on the ground next to the apartment door. A curse came from her mouth as she bent down and stumbled, taking a knee and picking up the card, hopefully not dragging down the other woman with her as she unlocked the door and tripped inside, pulling off her jacket and tossing it onto the ground, flicking the keycard onto a nightstand and turning around to the blind woman.

"Well, let's make it last as long as we can, then, love."

 

[Oria Solstice]

Oria somehow managed to stay standing as Herrith cursed and bent to pick up her key card. What made it harder was her constant giggling at how funny she seemed to find this rather unfunny moment, however short lived it was. Finally when in the apartment Oria let the door close behind her as she leant up against it, taking a break from focusing on standing on her own. Though her eyes couldn't actually look Herrith up and down that didn't stop her from doing it, and doing it rather obviously at that.

'Pink,' she thought to herself, 'why is pink such an amazing colour'.

She pushed herself off of the door and made her way over to the other woman, though her movement was far from anything graceful. She wrapped her arms around Herriths waist holding on tight.

"Yeah, let's make it last as long as possible," she said making her eyes meet the green ones in front of her. "My eyes use to be green like yours a lone time ago, but I think it suits you better".

 

[Herrith Hendarsin]

Herrith smiled while Oria, despite blinded, did herself the favor of giving the Zeltron a once over. She had chuckled at her mishaps, which was COMPLETELY unforgivable, obviously, and this COMPLETELY made it worse. The next compliment was rather well received, and Herrith waited for her companion to approach, embracing the grip as she thought up something to say within her delirious mind. The most she could muster was a chuckle as she unsteadily backed up, tripping and falling on her back with a long sigh after Oria had made a note of her eyes. Interesting to think about.

"Pink? Well...it didn't occur to me that I was amazing...we're also on the ground now, I think. As for green...I think I'd prefer grey any time."

Herrith wanted this keep up as long as she could get it to go for. Hell, she could spend weeks like this, just sitting around doing nothing but..this. Especially drunk, where she could be as stupid as she wanted and not be judged as harshly. Speaking of which...

"You wanna grab something to drink? I've got a whole lot in the kitchen..."